tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24781577.post115013213267081543..comments2023-10-29T09:52:03.239-04:00Comments on Just Noticeable Differences: Intermittent Explosive Disorder: The New Rage?Free Operanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01213177543015935126noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24781577.post-89520377575394231232009-02-02T20:46:00.000-05:002009-02-02T20:46:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24781577.post-90857520906364270212008-09-17T05:52:00.000-04:002008-09-17T05:52:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24781577.post-18013087472390114502008-08-22T02:37:00.000-04:002008-08-22T02:37:00.000-04:00Please update! I have the same problem with my hu...Please update! I have the same problem with my husband!!!Avahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07956796781444124515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24781577.post-22105820749267050622007-12-13T09:16:00.000-05:002007-12-13T09:16:00.000-05:00My husband is 65. As a young man he recounted to m...My husband is 65. As a young man he recounted to me that he would have physically explosive episodes. I never witnessed a physical explosion. We have been married 35 years. He is a kind, loving caring person when he is not in the grips of anger. But every 4 months or so, he explodes in anger. This explosion is usually triggered by some innocuous event or disagreement. His eyes harden, he becomes very intimidating (has never hit me, but at times has grabbed my throat) and my fight/flight response sets in - usually flight. At the end of these episodes we are both exhausted. Over the years I was afraid to bring friends home who didn't already know him just in case he exploded. He exploded at my sister and her friend - we were discussing her dog - and it took two years to repair the relationship. At the onset of an explosion he usually blames me for triggering the event. As such I have learned to walk on eggshells. The other day I came upon the diagnosis of "intermittent Explosive Disorder". Finally, it began to make sense. I was shocked. The diagnosis fit him perfectly. At least now I know it is not me. He is diabetic and I thought the ups and downs in his blood sugar precipitated these eruptions of anger. Believe it or not, my husband is/was a psychiatric social worker and will not consider the possibility he has a problem. I am not sure how I will proceed now that I have this information about IED. I feel like a light has come on. IED is real. I wish I knew about this disorder 25 years ago. My might have been very different.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com